China building the world's tallest building in 90 days - Polidicks

I remember reading an article about this company, and it sounded like they're actually pretty good as far as quality goes. Found it: [url]http://www.wired.com/design/2012/09/broad-sustainable-building-instant-skyscraper/all/[/url]

[QUOTE=Disseminate;38528604]The translation of 长沙 is more like "long [duration] sand" fyi[/QUOTE] I got confused when translating Sha. Stupid romanizations.

[QUOTE=Clavus;38524979][img]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/185vnmc86uy7gjpg/xlarge.jpg[/img] Imagine a whole city with buildings like that, with sky bridges between them. Hope the company can pull it off, it'd be a great feat of engineering. Though I think the construction workers will be putting in insanely long hours.[/QUOTE] I don't really understand why the building is placed in Chicago in this photo, wouldn't it be better if they put it where it would actually be built?

-snip, how the fuck did I not notice that-

Pre-fab building doesn't count for shit. That's like me entering a world model building competition and bringing a pre-built model that all I have to do is paint it.

The "220 stories in 90 days" picture reminds me of this: [img]http://www.tiwy.com/wallpapers/moscu/moscow_state_university_1024.jpg[/img] Stalinist architecture...

[QUOTE=draugur;38535065]Pre-fab building doesn't count for shit. That's like me entering a world model building competition and bringing a pre-built model that all I have to do is paint it.[/QUOTE] Yweah pee-fab iz cheatin. weal cities build shit by hand. Also, seems like the design is very reminiscent of the Empire State Building.

[QUOTE=usaokay;38525010][h2]CHINA WILL GROW TALLER.[/h2][/QUOTE] Fix that for ya

Holy shit, dude, this is insane. Also, America is now officially pitiful on the world construction stage, ZERO exciting large-scale construction projects are taking place in the US right now, and our tallest building was built in 1973. Shameful.

Previous work from the company [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdpf-MQM9vY[/url] <Insert 2012 quote here about how the chineese fucking did it) [editline]21st November 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Str4fe;38529727]I just wonder how the hell will they install electricity and air conditioning into 5 FLOORS IN A DAY. Do they have a shitfuckton of workers? [editline]20th November 2012[/editline] "Yeah bro, i live in the floor 182, room 332. You have to take the stairs though, the elevator is out."[/QUOTE] Its build in to the wall panels. Its prefab so connecting the panels is the only thing they do on sight. With previous projects from the same company the floor panels came completely with furniture on it.

Now if only they finished the robots....

[QUOTE=Adeptus;38534110]Imagine a large scale 3d printer which builds the prefab modules, then add it to this construction speeds.. huge cities could be made withing months, efficiently and well planned.[/QUOTE] [URL="http://puu.sh/1sCzn"]An [del]army[/del] city could be made anywhere, at any time.[/URL] This seems interesting, too bad it looks so boring, the Burj looks inspiring and stuff, this looks like a generic office building.

[QUOTE=Str4fe;38529727]I just wonder how the hell will they install electricity and air conditioning into 5 FLOORS IN A DAY. Do they have a shitfuckton of workers? [editline]20th November 2012[/editline] "Yeah bro, i live in the floor 182, room 332. You have to take the stairs though, the elevator is out."[/QUOTE] In China, there are around more than 1.5 billion people. I doubt the government will run out of workers

Well tight deadlines could lead to discoveries of better more efficient methods of construction but I'm not an engineer what do I know V:v:V

[QUOTE=Swebonny;38525519]Well Changsha has 7 million inhabitants and has existed for 3000 years. I don't think anyone is moving anywhere soon. Bet loads of people would love to be in that building.[/QUOTE] Actually, not really. I work for the largest residential property developer in China, and Changsha doesn't even make the top 16 cities in terms of commercial attractiveness. Hunan province is still relatively behind compared to its coastal peers in terms of economic development. Changsha is obviously the most economically advanced city in the province, but still, not that advanced to merit some architecture of this scale. I'm struggling to see the use for this building. Clearly it's not going to be residential, and apartment prices in Changsha aren't that high to cover the construction cost. Commercially, don't really see a flagship enterprise to utilize it as headquarter. Hotel? But Changsha is not a popular tourist destination or conference city.

[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;38535739]Holy shit, dude, this is insane. Also, America is now officially pitiful on the world construction stage, ZERO exciting large-scale construction projects are taking place in the US right now, and our tallest building was built in 1973. Shameful.[/QUOTE] Not really, I'd say we're about on par with every other modern country that isn't the UAE or PRC.

Imagine a water pipe bursting at the top floor with nobody shutting it off for a long time, water damage in over 200 floors.

Imagine a whole city made out of one building.

Kowloon Walled City v. 2

[QUOTE=jiafei9014;38537290]Actually, not really. I work for the largest residential property developer in China, and Changsha doesn't even make the top 16 cities in terms of commercial attractiveness. Hunan province is still relatively behind compared to its coastal peers in terms of economic development. Changsha is obviously the most economically advanced city in the province, but still, not that advanced to merit some architecture of this scale. I'm struggling to see the use for this building. Clearly it's not going to be residential, and apartment prices in Changsha aren't that high to cover the construction cost. Commercially, don't really see a flagship enterprise to utilize it as headquarter. Hotel? But Changsha is not a popular tourist destination or conference city.[/QUOTE] Well that seems to be the case across China, with all those ghost cites, right? It's as if nobody sits down and does the hard numbers when it comes to these projects. They just take a leap of faith on everything, hoping that it's gonna boost the economy and keep their income flowing. No reality based decisions.

[QUOTE=NO ONE;38547058]Well that seems to be the case across China, with all those ghost cites, right? It's as if nobody sits down and does the hard numbers when it comes to these projects. They just take a leap of faith on everything, hoping that it's gonna boost the economy and keep their income flowing. No reality based decisions.[/QUOTE] The ghost cities are actually built in preparation for the movement of rural people into the cities. Doing it the other way around causes problems.

[QUOTE=Sobotnik;38548849]The ghost cities are actually built in preparation for the movement of rural people into the cities. Doing it the other way around causes problems.[/QUOTE] And if they don't?

10k people move from rural to urban areas of China every day. Managing these problems is of a huge concern for the Government. Hence why they spend a lot of time developing quick building techniques and prefabrication.

To me that building looks like a bunch of boxes, I mean it's nice that they're making a building 40x to 100x faster than the US but what it lacks is any other shape, to me it looks ugly.

I'm not 100% sure, but I think the guy that leads the company building those "instant" buildings said so himself too.

[QUOTE=Swebonny;38550423]I'm not 100% sure, but I think the guy that leads the company building those "instant" buildings said so himself too.[/QUOTE] Said what?

I'd love a height comparison chart.

[QUOTE=Sgt-NiallR;38550429]Said what?[/QUOTE] That they were ugly :v: [editline]22nd November 2012[/editline] i think this pre-fab stuff is quite cool. Imagine in the future where there are loads of factories producing walls and stuff. Instead of buying a finished house, you select how you'd like it to look and they'll assemble it on spot.

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;38549964]And if they don't?[/QUOTE] You get people moving into a city with not enough houses. This leads in turn to overcrowding, poor sanitation, disease, social problems, etc.

Its remarkable they haven't ran into massive slum problems like many other developing and urbanising countries